Table 3.1, Socio-demographic characteristics of those surveyed, indicates that 5.8% of women are divorced or separated, compared to 4.4% of men (page 26). "Table 4.1 and figure 4.1 present the distribution of women and men according to their marital status at the time of the survey. . . . women in a dissolved union represent a relatively significant portion of the population (7%), of which 3% are divorced, 3% separated, and 0.7% widowed. . . . we observe that the proportion of married women increases with age until 35-39 years (87%), then diminishes slightly in accordance with the increase in the proportion of women in a dissolved union, either by...more

"The percentage of women who are divorced, separated, or widowed has slightly increased from 12%, as reported in the 2010 TDHS, to 13% in the 2015-16 TDHSMIS. Over this same time period, the percentage of men who are divorced, separated, or widowed has slightly decreased, from 6% to 5% . . . Overall, women are more than twice as likely as men to be separated, divorced, or widowed" (page 85-86).

"Afghan officials could not provide exact numbers on divorces initiated by women, as is the case with most statistics in the country. Most marriages are traditional and not registered in courts. But some officials suggested that the increase in the number of women who formally initiate divorce could be as high as fivefold over the past decade" (para 8). "'earlier when I started at the family court, we would receive seven to eight divorce and seperation cases per week,' said Rahmina Rezaee, a sentior Afghan judge who led the family court from 2006 to 2016. Since she has left, Judge Rezaee said, 'we've received seven to eight cases per day'"(para...more

At 5:59 of the video Razia [age 14] says "Here I can meet friends, go around with them, chat with them. I don’t want to marry now.Yes, some of my friends got married, and got divorced. Like Brishti" (ENB-Coder Comment).At 10:16 the video Brishti says "One week after the wedding they started demanding dowry. The money that was agreed was demanded, along with a gold ring and furniture. My father-in-law demanded the 35,000 taka ($450) and the other things, or the marriage wouldn’t last. If I could have gone to their house with dowry my in-laws would have loved me. But I couldn’t. That’s why they thought badly of me...After...more

"On Jan. 14, the Turkish parliament established an investigative commission called “Protecting the Integrity of Family,” with the purpose of investigating the causes of the skyrocketing divorce rates" (para 1). "The divorce rate in Turkey is about 1.7%. . . To put it in perspective, this is a miniscule figure compared to countries such as Saudi Arabia where divorce rates are three times higher than the marriage rate. Similarly, Qatar and Iran record higher divorce rates than Turkey" (para 14).

"Jihan was staying at a shelter run by a nongovernmental organization at the time of the interview [she is a victim of domestic violence and marital rape], and felt she had nowhere else to turn. She said she wanted a divorce, but her father refused to hand over her marriage certificate for the divorce application. She said he told her, 'In our family, no women get divorced. Stay with him even if he wants to kill you'"(5-6)

"Infertility or childlessness in Afghan society is considered a taboo and almost always women are blamed for it. In fact, often people only take the woman to the doctor when problems with infertility arise. Sometimes, men marry a second or third wife to get children, without checking their own health, because it is assumed that the problem must be with the woman"(para 6)."In Afghanistan, when a man has reproductive system issues, the family will do anything to sweep the story under the rug. But, when a woman can’t conceive, the story is discussed everywhere, in her presence and absence. Moreover, the husband gets all the sympathy from the family members...more

"Mr. Seddiqi was recently dismissed from his post as both coach and head of the federation by the president of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee, Mohammad Zaher Aghbar, who cited something besides corruption. He claimed that Mr. Seddiqi had successively married and divorced three of the young women on his team. 'He has married three of them — three times — and the girls were all complaining about him,' Mr. Aghbar said.In an interview, Mr. Seddiqi denied the corruption charges, claimed Ms. Galpin’s organization was still financing the cycling federation and called the accusations against him 'a lot of made-up crap.' Mr. Seddiqi, 62, acknowledged that he had three prior...more

"Divorce is common in Saudi Arabia. According to recent numbers from the Saudi General Authority of Statistics, about one-third of all couples divorce. Or, as the Arab News put it, there are at least five divorces every hour of every day" (p 6)

"The divorce percentage is high, and 40 percent of the 900,000 marriages unions every year end up in divorce within 5 years, Sisi said during a speech he gave at the ceremony marking the National Police Day. Egypt saw about 200,000 divorce cases during 2015, which marks a 10.8 per cent increase in divorces from the previous year, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said last year. The total number of divorces in 2015 reached 199,867 in comparison with 180,244 cases in 2014, CAPMAS said in its annual report on marriages and divorces. The CAPMAS said that the figure of 2015 is the highest divorce rate in...more

"There are no official statistics to suggest how widespread the practice of instant divorce is, but the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan study found that among a sample of more than 4,700 women, 525 were divorced and 404 of those were ‘triple talaq’ divorces. A Muslim woman in India who seeks a divorce must generally gain the permission of her husband, a cleric or other Islamic authorities" (p 12)

"Last year, 12 million Chinese couples registered for marriage, making it the second consecutive year the number has declined. Divorces, which stem from some of the same trends, reached 3.8 million last year, more than twice the level of a decade ago" (para 8).

"Meanwhile, growing numbers of women are divorcing husbands who are not supportive of their ambitions. Divorce rates in Saudi Arabia have skyrocketed in recent years, and government statistics indicate that wives’ desires to work is a flash point for conflict. Local media have reported that in 2011 some 40 percent of khula divorces — those in which the wife asks for separation — came after a husband forced her to quit her job" (para 16).

According to Table 2, Percent of first unions that have dissolved, ended through divorce, or ended through widowhood 15-19 years after first union, according to most recent DHS data from 33 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, from 2010-2011 in Senegal 23.4% were dissolved, 19.7% divorced, and 3.7% widowed (593).